The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private FamiliesEaton, Mary, active 1823-1849
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The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families
Eaton, Mary, active 1823-1849
Cooking, English; Formulas, recipes, etc.; Home economics
INFLAMMATION OF THE EYES. In this case leeches should be applied to the
temples; and after the bleeding has ceased, a small blister may be
tried, with a little opening medicine. Much benefit has been derived
from shaving the head, cutting the hair, and bathing the feet in warm
water. If the inflammation has arisen from particles of iron or steel
falling into the eyes, the offending matter is best extracted by the
application of the loadstone. If eyes are blood-shotten, the necessary
rules are, an exclusion from light, cold fomentations, and abstinence
from animal food and stimulating liquors. For a bruise in the eye,
occasioned by any accident, the best remedy is a rotten apple, and some
conserve of roses. Fold them in a piece of thin cambric, apply it to the
part affected, and it will take out the bruise.
INFLAMMATION OF THE BOWELS. This is a complaint that requires great
care. If the belly be swelled, and painful to the touch, apply flannels
to it, dipped in hot water and wrung out, or use a warm bath. A blister
should be employed as soon as possible, and mild emollient injections of
gruel or barley water, till stools be obtained. The patient should be
placed between blankets, and supplied with light gruel; and when the
violence of the disorder is somewhat abated, the pain may be removed by
opiate clysters. A common bread and milk poultice, applied as warm as
possible to the part affected, has also been attended with great
success: but as this disorder is very dangerous, it would be proper to
call in medical assistance without delay.
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